Knitting Trade Journal

Details: Written by Haydn Davis; Category: Hosiery Knitting; Published: 30 January 2012; Created: 30 January 2012; Last Updated: 30 January 2012

Shanghai ? Chinese scientists claim to have developed a new cotton textile that cleans itself when exposed to ordinary sunlight that could result in knitted t-shirts or socks that clean and de-odorise themselves when hung on a clothesline in the sun or draped on a balcony railing, writes John Mowbray.